Tremendous middleweight contender Jaime Munguia (44-1, 35 KOs) needed to overcome a couple of tough patches to defeat Erik Bazinyan (32-1-1, 23 KOs) by a tenth-round knockout in a tougher-than-expected struggle on Friday night time on the Desert Diamond Area in Glendale, Arizona.
(Credit score: Mikey Williams/High Rank)
Munguia had issues with Bazinyan’s highly effective jab and boxing expertise by way of the sixth spherical. Within the seventh, Munguia damage Bazinyan with a one-two mixture and unloaded a barrage of heavy pictures that had him near being stopped.
Within the tenth, Munguia staggered Bazinyan with a tough left. Slightly than selecting to field, Bazinyan tried to slug his manner out of the spherical however was damage as soon as once more by Munguia.
The Mexican star then unloaded with a blizzard of punches that put Bazinyan down. The referee then counted him out. The time of the stoppage was at 2:36 of the tenth.
Richard Torrez Jr. Stops Joey Dawejko
Heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr. (11-0, 10 KOs) confirmed his toughness, taking some large punches en path to defeating veteran Joey Dawejko (28-12-4, 16 KOs) by a fifth-round disqualification. An exhausted Dawejko misplaced his mouthpiece 4 instances within the fourth and was docked factors twice.
Whether or not it was intentional or not, the mouthpiece stored falling out when Dawejko would get nailed by punches. It appeared like Dawejko couldn’t hold his mouth closed as a result of he was gasping for air resulting from his conditioning.
After the second level deduction within the fourth, the referee warned Dawejko that he would disqualify him if he misplaced his mouthpiece once more.
Within the fifth spherical, Dawejko misplaced his mouthpiece once more after being hit by a tough shot. The referee didn’t appear to care that it got here out resulting from a punch. He disqualified Dawejko anyway, which spoiled probably the most entertaining spherical of the struggle as a result of he’d hit Torrez Jr. with some pictures that had gotten the group into the match. The time of the stoppage was at 2:02 of the fifth.
High Rank must step up Torrez Jr. already as a result of they’re matching him in the very same manner they did with Edgar Berlanga once they promoted him.
Emiliano Vargas Stops Larry Fryers
Mild welterweight prospect Emiliano Vargas (12-0, 10 KOs) stayed unbeaten with a fifth-round knockout over Larry Fryers (13-7-1, 5 KOs). Vargas dropped Fryers with a left hook within the fifth spherical that put him down flat on his again. The referee stepped in and halted the struggle.
Fryers had been damage within the second spherical from three uppercuts that Vargas hit him with after backing him towards the ropes. Within the third, Fryers damage Vargas with a physique shot that backed him off.
